Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 62 Scholars and Tetris

Black Skull learned to pilot the ship quickly without making any mistakes, and White Skull's dinner was finally edible.

Su Ming noticed that the two skeletons had become much smarter. "Did you modify their control core?" he asked Zi Jin.

"Finally, it's all sorted out." The scholar looked slightly shaken. "This classical system based on spirit fire is so troublesome. I only used it because the materials were so rare, and it was a real pain."

"The initial training is complex, but its self-learning ability is unmatched by rune programming systems," Su Ming commented. "It's still very worthwhile."

“It’s worth it because it can be used to operate your equipment,” Violet said. “After all, it’s a Saint-level material. It would be a waste to use it just as a servant.”

"Right."

After dinner, Zijin took a bath.

With a steam engine on board, there was absolutely no shortage of hot water, which she greatly appreciated. Coupled with a stable power supply, the LED lights installed throughout provided illumination far superior to magic. The scholar said she was now going to bed much later and was much more efficient at work and study.

The girl changed into a nightgown with a duck pattern and sat at the long table in the brightly lit studio, studying books and writing papers.

After being forced to complete two unit tests on tension theory during the day, the scholar refused to touch those things again, preferring to do magical research to heal his wounded heart. This left Su Ming, who was experiencing the joys of being a teacher for the first time, feeling quite disappointed.

Su Ming glanced at the title of Zi Jin's paper, "On the Essence of Undead Fluctuations," with the keyword: Reverse Life Law.

It seems they are researching how to conceal the fluctuations in their bodies.

He had consumed a lot of magic during the day, and the long-term connection with Miao Xin had also taken a toll on his mental energy, so he could no longer engage with the scholar.

Remembering that there were some decent casual games on his laptop, Su Ming picked it up and opened the program list. It was a cracked version of "Kidney Crisis Remastered," with a large number of mods created by enthusiastic netizens installed.

Su Ming clicked to start. He was filled with anticipation, finally able to check if the creative enthusiasm of those LSPs had waned. It was a pity Jerusalem wasn't included; otherwise, it would have been perfect.

"What are you doing?" Violet moved over and sat down next to her.

"……study!"

Zijin glanced at the loading screen. "Your world's zombie combat textbook?" She pointed to the pistol on the screen. "Is this a weapon?"

Su Ming figured that the zombies in the game were too strong, and the scholar would find it laughable—definitely not because of the white stockings outfit that would appear—so he skillfully pressed ALT+F4 to close the program.

The scholar looked at Su Ming with suspicion.

Su Ming searched through the program list, saw Tetris, his eyes lit up, and he quickly clicked on it.

"You'll definitely love this geometry training program!"

Zijin glanced at the screen, got up and tried to leave, but Su Ming grabbed her wrist.

“You can do it together!” Su Ming revealed a playful smile. “Chestnut Owl Scholar, are you interested in studying together?”

“…Come on!”

Violet really doesn't like geometry, but the original version of Tetris only has six blocks: S, Z, L, I, O, and T. After her initial clumsiness, the scholar girl actually started to get better at it.

She didn't understand the technology, but she kept imitating Su Ming's way of playing.

Su Ming quickly felt the pressure. Because they were using the same keyboard, Zi Jin was very close to him, and she was wearing a nightgown with a low neckline. She was only wearing a nightgown.

Su Ming was clearly overwhelmed, and his absent-mindedness was quickly noticed by the girl. She looked at her chest, then glanced at Su Ming.

Su Ming's face quickly turned red to the roots of her neck.

Violet tilted her head and thought for a moment, then used her legs to push off the floor, taking small steps to move herself and the chair backward. She covered her chest with her hands, adjusted her posture, and then—

"Ah!" the girl exclaimed emotionlessly, then asked Su Ming, "Should I do it like this?"

"..." Su Ming covered his face with his hands, completely at a loss for words. There was no train in this world for him to carry a bucket and run away.

The scholar decided to seek help anyway.

“I haven’t lived in human form for long, and my experiences are limited.” Zi Jin looked at Su Ming very seriously. “I need to tell you that my human form is severely affected by this body, but I lack common sense.”

This statement contained a lot of information, and Su Ming realized that he had been overlooking the race of scholars all along. This wasn't Earth; intelligence wasn't limited to humans.

Or rather, if he had more common sense about this place, he would have known that Violet is not a formal name used by people from other worlds.

Su Ming's mind was a bit occupied, so he didn't say anything. Zi Jin then reached out and poked him, "I care about these things, so I hope you can guide me."

Su Ming quickly put aside his thoughts and refocused his attention on the conversation.

However, the scholar's request was not typical. He hesitated for a moment, "If we're just talking about age as a human being, I'm not that much older than you. Apart from my mother, I've never had close contact with anyone of the opposite sex."

“But your environment is more complete than mine!” Violet explained. “What girls in a nunnery can do to each other is inappropriate between men. It’s not that I’m ignorant, it’s just that I lack the sense of boundaries that humans should have.”

"You mean I should remind you?" Su Ming understood now.

"Yes, I don't want to be perceived as frivolous in social situations, or have my true intentions misunderstood."

Su Ming nodded. "Understood, I will do it."

"Thanks. By the way, you should have figured out my human side of my experiences, right?"

Su Ming briefly recounted his investigation: the scholar acted as a hawk until she became an undead and went into obscurity forty-four years ago. Around the same time, Elisa was born. Aside from her unknown childhood, Elisa studied at the Temple Academy.

Seventeen years later, the two took turns: Elisa's form was sealed away, while Violet moved in the form of a bone fortress.

It wasn't until twenty-seven years later, when Su Ming traveled through time and the two met, that the scholar lady once again activated her Elisa form.

Zijin clapped her hands, "Awesome!"

Su Ming suddenly remembered some details of their meeting at Cui'an Sea Cliff.

"The one guarding Elisa is Archbishop Stanton, one of your students from your time at the temple." He recalled for a moment, "That day on the sea cliff, when the mountain was being burned, did he deliberately use the smoke as cover to send Elisa's sealed form over?"

"He's not a student, he's a lackey," Zijin corrected, somewhat angrily. "I haven't even settled accounts with him yet, and he just threw me on the ground. The wooden box he used to pack me was so ugly, and he didn't even bring me any personal belongings!"

(End of this chapter)